Ashley Racquel Alarcon

Bilingual flutist Ashley Alarcon was born and raised in Mexico City to a Mexican-American musical family. Her education has always included bilingual and trilingual studies as well as an 8-year abroad immersion education. Currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Flute Performance at University of New Mexico under the guidance of flutist Valerie Potter, Ms. Alarcon holds the UNM Graduate Woodwind Quintet Flute Assistantship. The most recent winner of the 2014 UNM Concerto Competition, Ms. Alarcon soloed with the UNM Symphony Orchestra in their 2014 December concert. Her solo experience also includes playing with the Principia College Orchestra (2012), the touring New England Youth Ensemble in Mexico City (2010), Principia Upper School Band Concert (2010), and the St. Louis Children’s Choir (2008).

Ms. Alarcon has been a recipient of multiple awards and scholarships including:
UNM Concerto Competition Winner (2014)
Ralph Colby, Jr. Award (2014)
Principia College Founders' Scholarship (2010-2014)
The Marie and J. Calvin Jureit College Endowed Music Fund (2013, 2012)
Marion L. Ackley Music Award (2012, 2014)
Mildred B. Frame Endowed Music Scholarship Grant (2012, 2011)
Honorable recognition in the Sigma Alpha Iota Competition in St. Louis (2011)
John Philip Sousa Band Award (2010)
Frances van Der Meid Smith Award (2010)
William K. Simon Scholarship (2009)
Junior Arts Award (2009)

Ms. Alarcon’s main flute teachers include Dr. Marie Jureit-Beamish –Emeriti Professor of Music, Anibal Robles –principal flutist in Mexico City’s Opera House, Asako Arai—flutist of Mexico City’s Woodwind Quintet, Judy Johanson –principal flutist in Mexico City’s Philharmonic, and Ms. Maggie McCallie --Suzuki flute instructor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. As an international musician, Ms. Alarcon has played under the baton of famous conductors David Robertson, Ward Stare, and János Kovács as a member of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra and Puccini’s “La Bohème” production at the Bicentennial Theatre in Leon, Gto, Mexico. In 2012 and 2014, Ms. Alarcon toured around the USA as a selected member of the Principia College Spring Arts Tours, enabling her to perform in venues such as the Steinway & Sons Hall in New York City.